Rhyming tales of a farmer’s wife
CASTLE Cary farmer’s wife Margaret Adams has entertained women’s institutes, gardening clubs, farming groups and the like around the…
Journey into French music
FIFI La Mer and Oliver Wilby promise an exciting and uplifting insight into 100 years of French Music when…
Love letter to sobriety – down at the village pub
STORYTELLING and song come together when Callum Patrick Hughes heads to The Gaggle of Geese in Buckland Newton this…
Treasure trove of Dorset music
DORSET music group The Ridgeway Singers & Band, led by Phil Humphries and Tim Laycock, have collaborated with the…
Glastonbury Festival: First 55 acts revealed including Guns N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys
THE first 55 names appearing at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival have been revealed. Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton…
Danger of Aussie and Kiwi trade deals
SOME reflections on rural crime: first, in a spirit of genuine enquiry, a friend recently asked a local hunt…
A30 at Kitt Hill could be sorted soon
For a year now, the issues surrounding the A30 at Kitt Hill have been the bane of the lives…
‘Fighting spirit of Ukrainian troops on Salisbury Plain is remarkable’
Roads minister Richard Holden has written to me about his department’s north-south strategic study which is likely to report…
‘Dropping litter isn’t just a nuisance, it is environmental vandalism…’
Many people forget that Margaret Thatcher was a keen environmentalist. She was the first political leader to deliver a…
Labour’s looking to long-term goals
It’s great to see Keir Starmer’s five missions for a better Britain. They set out not just what Labour’s…
